The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1887-04-14
Snow and Hail
Enough.
DAN r. REPLIES TO
REV. THOMAS.
ED. SENTINEL:

U.TSS STG.Il..'tIS.
The Juice being squeezed out
of the excerpt OF MIR. Thomas,
| do not wish 10 bore or be bored
with it any longer, and only fol-
low this ont Of compliment 10
Mr.. T e.. and 10 correct some mis-
takes he seems to have fallen
into. !
My brilliant assailant says:--
Il am panied 10 mole that my
shady antagonist finds in the ex'
cerpt which has aroused his ire.
sufficient grounds upon which 10
base The grave charge that l am
using my pulpit to wreak my
personal spite"
1t may be that sufficient
| grounds" were there, since Mr.
I. admits ii, but l certainly did
not charge him with it. II ha
will take the pains to re peruse
that article, he will find that the
paragraph alluded to denies such
a charge. My words were:
SIN reading The extract pub
lished from Mr.. Thomas sermon
delivered on the 20,h, find, as
suspected, that the report that
he used language on that occa-
sion which seemed to amount to
SANDER. WAS A MISTAKE. METH
FIR Do | SEE ANY CAUSE FOR HIS
EXPRESSED FEAR OF MAKING ENE-
MIEs."
OF course. Mr.. T. may have had
a hidden meaning crouching un-
der his innocent seeming senten-
ces, of which 1 knew nothing,
and such a charge might be ap-
piled 10 it; but as Tread the pas
sage could see nothing to cause
the writer any fear.
Perhaps 1 ought to. say, that
the only reason for my noticing
the excerpt at all. was because
reports came to me from all sides
that l had been personally as
saulted in it; and / thought ii
but justice to the reverned gen
tleman that I should clear him
from that imputation. If what l
said did not do so, it was because
Mr. I. intended to infiict some
secret injury that l did not no.
lice. Being in the paper l re-
viewed some of his remarkable
utterances.
He complains of injustice in
the opinion 1 expressed that he
was an enemy TO the Public
School System. l will quote the
portion of the excerpt that eli.
cited the remarks. He says:
81 am not surprised that the
Roman Catholic Church is an
enemy TO the Public School Sys-|
tenn of this country; l am sur
prised that devout Catholics are
content 10 send their children TO
such schools; > What does that
mean ?)-"and l am still more
surprised that any Christian
community shonid tolerate the
presence of drunken and pro-
fame men on their School Boards
and The creatures of such men in
its corps of teachers"
As there is nothing to explain
or modify these statements, do
they not sufficiently warrant the
opinion expressed2 And is not
the last clause above quoted an
attack upon the ''private charac
ter and public action" of School
Boards Is it not the majority
in School Boards that is respon-
sible for its creatures in the
corps of teachers" and are not
drunkenness and profanity ele-
ments of "private cliaraster''
This excerpt" was published
| lust before a school election and
closed with the exhortatlon-
"Place good men on your School
Boards, etc.; )" hence l naturally
concluded that it was intended
to influence the election (Which
1 think it did) and was an assault
on the outgoing members
1 was led to this because /
supposed Mr.. Thomas was too
high minded to make such de
grading charge against any one,
unless prompted by some bet ter
motive than The mere desire 10
defame. He says l was mistaken.
If so, | hope 1 may be permitted
10 suggest that when he desires
TO direct the attention Of scandal
mongers TO any citizen, it might
he prudent not 10 do it through
The newspapers.
| | do not think it would be
right for me 10 notice his reply
further. When a man is in
tight place he ought TO have some
chance 10 squirm.
1t annoys me that the pseudo
nynis, Dan T." nllsled The gen.
tlemsn, if it did. Ii is all old hat
l have used 10 put on my news
paper essays for the last ten
years, and in all that time IT has
never deceived any one as 10 who
was the author of the article. -
Everybody recognizes 1t as read
lily as my proper name. 1t never
wis used for concealment, but
only for convenience. II IS very
provoking that at this late day
it should hide the very man Mir.
Thomas had been hunting for